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MFester's avatar
MFester
Frequent Visitor
7 years ago

PDF data automated

Hi all,  Hopefully you can help me.   Each month I receive a PDF where I want to take one table of data into Power BI. I can use the PDF converter and read the data no problem, but I have two...
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v-jiascu-msft
Microsoft Employee
7 years ago

Hi MFester,

 

There is a preview feature that can take the PDF as the data source. Please refer to /desktop-connect-pdf. 

1. Maybe you don't need a PDF converter anymore. 

2. What's the "sort of date"? Where is it from?

 

Best Regards,

  • MFester's avatar
    MFester
    Frequent Visitor
    7 years ago

    thank you for the answer.


    I'm sorry I wasn't clear enough. When I wrote PDF converter, i meant the beta-feature in Power BI.

    So I can get the data in.

     

    Each month I receive a PDF report with data for the current month. The report is exactly the same each month with differents numbers of course.

    There is no indication of time in the data, but maybe I can add a new variable each time i load in the PDF.

    What my problem is, is making it into one dataset, so that I can see it over time. Preferably I should just the new months figures to some sort of dataset and then it would run smoothly.

     

     

    • v-jiascu-msft's avatar
      v-jiascu-msft
      Microsoft Employee
      7 years ago

      Hi MFester,

       

      Since the Connectors read data from the source, I'm afraid they can't add dates automatically. But you can add them manually. 

      Maybe you can the Folder connector. You can get the new data by refreshing.

       

      Best Regards,

      • MFester's avatar
        MFester
        Frequent Visitor
        7 years ago

        Thank you v-jiascu-msft

         

        But if I add them manually, then how do I get them into the same datasource instead of multiple.

        I assume thats what I need to compare month after month?